The Phantom Peace Deal: What Washington and Tehran Are Really Playing At

There is no ‘deal’ yet between the U.S. and Iran, much less one including Israel, despite reports to the contrary. U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed an initial 14-point Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), but that is nowhere near the same thing. All it does is set in motion yet another extendable 60-day negotiation window to hammer out an actual deal. And every single one of the 14 points in the MoU is up for renegotiation as far as Iran is concerned, a senior figure who works closely with its…